Answer and Explanation
Your Answer is
Correct Answer is E
Explanation
The exposed foil is the part not covered by the cake. According to the data given in the question, the exposed area (16+2+2)×(12+2+2)-16×12=128 can be obtained, so E.
Use the following information to answer questions 35-37.
Ken baked, frosted, and decorated a rectangular cake for the last Math Club meeting. The cake was 3 inches high, 12 inches wide, and 16 inches long. He centered the cake on a piece of cardboard whose rectangular top surface had been covered with aluminum foil, as shown in the figure below.
35. Ken used a piece of cardboard large enough to allow the cardboard to extend 2 inches beyond the cake on all sides. What is the area, in square inches, of the aluminum foil that is exposed on the top surface of the cardboard?